[Soc-coordination] Weekly Report 10 The OpenJDK and Debian 8.19-8.24 by ShuxiongYe

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Dear Shuxiong,

Shuxiong Ye <yeshuxiong at gmail.com> writes:

> Would you please show me an example that generates multiple packages
> when being built from original source? It would be helpful for newbie
> like me.

Guess what, just take (surprise!) openjdk-7 as an example,

      http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/openjdk-7

> Several difficult points I think for packaging openjdk8.
>
> 1. What's the use of each package and what should they consist of?

Learn from openjdk-7.

> 2. How to test if it is correctly packaged?

By actually using it, by passing the review of your mentor as well as
ftp-master (be careful, they bite!), and finally users will bug you if
they're not satisfied.

Cheers,
Benda